Sentences with phrase «under the care of a midwife for»

All of my friends who were under the care of a midwife for their pregnancies and births had their babies at home.

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While the neonatal nurse practitioner documented excellent notes from our face - to - face report about preceding events, two days later upon discharge, the report read that the baby laid without heart rate and resuscitation efforts for forty minutes under the care of «an alleged midwife» until arrival of paramedics.

Having experienced both a hospital, c - section birth and a natural birth at home, I've got full appreciation for both the advances of western medicine that can intervene with childbirth when it's necessary and the empowering, spiritual nature of having your child at home under the care of midwives.

Under the care of a midwife, you might be told to rest, have something to eat, and keep an eye out for any meconium staining.

Midwives care for low - risk pregnancies and women at risk of complications under the guidance of a physician.

Typically, the most likely place to receive the Midwives Model of Care is in your home or a free - standing birth center, because usually it is difficult for caregivers to give the woman - centered, individualized Midwives Model of Care under the rules and standard practices of today's hospitals.

A landmark study published in the British Medical Journal in 2005 found that natural birth at home, under the care of certified practicing midwives, is safe for low - risk mothers and their babies.

In the Dutch maternity care system midwives are qualified to provide independent care for women with uncomplicated pregnancies.1 2 They also identify and select the women who, because of existing or anticipated problems, require care from an obstetrician.1 3 Twenty five years ago, women receiving primary care all gave birth at home, but since the 1970s they have been able to choose between home birth and hospital birth under the care of a midwife or general practitioner.

Comparison of midwife - led and consultant - led care of healthy women at low risk of childbirth complications in the republic of Ireland: a randomised trial [Thesis - under review for publication]

Dr Molly no longer attends births but continues to offer adjunct holistic prenatal and postpartum care for women under the care of another midwife or obstetrician.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

Key actions of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery include: • Introduction of a pilot supervised injecting facility in Dublin's city centre; • Establishment of a Working Group to examine alternative approaches to the possession for personal use of small quantities of illegal drugs; • Funding for a programme to promote community awareness of alcohol - related harm; • A new targeted youth services scheme for young people at risk of substance misuse in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; • Expansion of drug and alcohol addiction services, including residential services; • Recruitment of 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 2 Young Persons Counsellors to complement HSE multi-disciplinary teams for under 18s; • Recruitment of 7 additional drug - liaison midwives to support pregnant women with alcohol dependency; • Establishment of a Working Group to explore ways of improving progression options for people exiting treatment, prison or community employment schemes, with a view to developing a new programme of supported care and employment.